Introduction - Publive Docs

What is Publive?

Publive is an AI-Native headless CMS (Content Management System) built for modern digital publishers and enterprises. It provides a robust backend for managing content while giving you complete freedom to build any frontend experience using your preferred framework.

Content Delivery API (CDS)

Read-only. Fetch published posts, categories, live blogs, and site config for your frontend. Fast and cache-friendly.

Content Management API (CMS)

Full CRUD. Create, update, publish, and delete content programmatically — from migrations to automated pipelines.

Get Started

Fetch Content (CDS)

Use the Content Delivery API to fetch published posts, categories, and site configuration in under 5 minutes.

Manage Content (CMS)

Use the Content Management API to create categories, draft posts, and publish content in under 5 minutes.

Key Capabilities

Multi-Format Content

Articles, Videos, Web Stories, Galleries, Live Blogs, Custom Pages — all from one platform.

Enterprise Governance

Maker-checker workflows, multi-step approvals, and full audit trails for regulated industries.

AI-Powered Features

Auto-tagging, plagiarism detection, SEO scoring, and content recommendations built in.

Advanced Filtering

Query by date range, author, tags, and more using powerful operators like __eq, __in, __gte.

India-First

Built for Indian publishers with native support for Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, and more.

Developer Friendly

Clean REST APIs, intuitive query operators, and comprehensive documentation to ship fast.

Common Use Cases

Build a News Feed

Fetch paginated posts filtered by category, tag, or author for any frontend or app.CDSContent Delivery API

Power a Live Blog

Stream real-time updates for breaking news, elections, or live events.CDSContent Delivery API

Automate Content Creation

Push articles from external tools, CMS migrations, or scheduled pipelines via the CMS API.CMSContent Management API

Search & Filter Content

Query by date range, author, tags, and more using Publive’s flexible filter operators.CDSContent Delivery API

Trigger on Publish

Fire webhooks to rebuild your site, notify Slack, or sync to third-party services on any content event.WebhooksIntegrations

Multilingual Publishing

Manage and deliver content in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, and more from a single platform.India-FirstContent Delivery API

Use AI with These Docs

Every page has a contextual menu with one-click options to open it in ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity. For deeper AI-assisted development, connect your coding tool directly to these docs via MCP.

Run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add --transport http publive-docs https://docs.thepublive.com/mcp

Or paste this prompt into Claude Code:

Run this command to add the Publive docs MCP server:
claude mcp add --transport http publive-docs https://docs.thepublive.com/mcp

Once added, use the publive-docs MCP to give me a summary of the available Publive APIs.

Add to your mcp.json (Command Palette → “Open MCP settings”):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "publive-docs": {
      "url": "https://docs.thepublive.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or paste this prompt into Cursor:

Add the following to my mcp.json file to connect the Publive docs MCP server:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "publive-docs": {
      "url": "https://docs.thepublive.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Once saved, use the publive-docs MCP to give me a summary of the available Publive APIs.

Create or edit .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "publive-docs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://docs.thepublive.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Open Windsurf Settings → MCP and add a new server, or edit ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "publive-docs": {
      "serverUrl": "https://docs.thepublive.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Go to Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector and enter:

Name: Publive Docs
URL: https://docs.thepublive.com/mcp

Open Zed Settings (cmd+,) and add under context_servers:

{
  "context_servers": {
    "publive-docs": {
      "url": "https://docs.thepublive.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Once connected, your AI tool can search endpoints, read full pages, and navigate the API reference without you having to paste anything manually.

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